King Alfred the Great
849 – 899 · Generation I · King of Wessex and of the Anglo-Saxons (r. 871–899)
Alfred the Great (849–899). King of Wessex and of the Anglo-Saxons (r. 871–899). Married Ealhswith of Mercia in 868. Held England against the Danes, rebuilt learning and law, and is the only English king remembered as “the Great.”
Partners
- Ealhswith of Mercia (852 – 902)
Children
- Æthelflæd Lady of the Mercians (870 – 918)
- King Edward The Elder (874 – 924)